BD.6233
April 9, 1955

EASTER SATURDAY

My suffering on the cross-could not be avoided: I had to empty the cup totally; I had to carry the whole burden in order to fulfill the Redemption-Work that freed humanity from all guilt. Only the cognizance of your pitiful situation started ME on the way of Sacrifice, because My heart was full of Love for you and this Love wanted to free you from the dreadful fate that waits for you after your physical death.

As I was aware of that, and because I knew of the Bliss in the realm of Light as well as of the torture and suffering in the realm of darkness, that I could visualize in front of My eyes - and because My Love was for you, My fallen brethren, therefore I searched for the only way out that could save you from such a terrible fate. I took the burden of all your guilt and went with it on the path to the cross.

What has been done to ME on Earth was in a way only a symbol of what the whole weight of sin meant to ME - an immense, oppressive, burdensome and painful load that made ME fall again and again; however, I carried it with My overwhelming Love. What pain My body could bear I took on ME because I carried the weight of your sins for you. I wanted to atone for something that you would irrevocably have to pay for, and what you would not have been able to do even if it would have taken an eternity.

I suffered, and I fought; indeed I sweated blood, I looked in all depths of hell, and fear and panic tore My soul to pieces. I endured all this, which you yourselves would have had to suffer. And My Love for you gave Me the Force to endure until the hour of death.

There is no comparison for these My sufferings, and no human being could have endured them. But I offered MYSELF voluntarily, because I knew that only in this way could you be redeemed from Satan's fetters. I knew beforehand what to expect, and carried also this weight on My shoulders - I consciously walked the path where the cross stood at the end - but I suffered unspeakably because of My knowledge, and therefore could never be joyful in the midst of My people.

I saw the mischief destined for the souls, I saw the uselessness of their way of life, and I knew that they would be lost to sin and death if I did not bring them the Redemption. And this knowledge strengthened My Will so that I accepted My fate without resisting, for this has been the purpose and aim of My life on Earth.

But until the end I had to struggle, for the burden frightened ME so overwhelmingly that I felt My strength ebbing away and I called as man to God, to let the cup pass ME by. But the Force of My Love was stronger than My human weakness - and the day of My immense suffering and My death on the cross became for you, My children, a day of Redemption from all guilt.

And the knowledge of it enabled ME to take in patience all this on MYSELF, so that I could finally call: "It is accomplished!" And My soul could return from whence it came, and through My death the complete unification with My FATHER in eternity has taken place.

AMEN